Scott Heinauer was a busy man last week. He might as well have been nicknamed "double duty" because of everything he was doing.

Heinauer is the athletic director and football coach at Mars Area High School and although student are on summer vacation, there is still plenty of work. There are fall schedules to finalize, equipment to order and practice times to set up.

On top of that that, Heinauer is the head coach for the West squad in the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association East-West All-Star Game. With all of that, it's easy to understand why he was burning the midnight oil in his office.

"There are things I've got to get done before I head out," he said.

The East-West Game will kickoff at 6 p.m. tomorrow at Mansion Park Stadium in Altoona, Pa. When he was first approached about coaching the West team, Heinauer thought it would be an opportunity to be on the same sideline with his son, Justin.

Justin Heinauer attended North Hills High School and played quarterback for the Indians while dad was coaching at Mars. Football is about the only sport in which Scott Heinauer has not coached his son.

Unfortunately, he might never get that opportunity.

Justin Heinauer was sidelined with a broken leg in North Hills' final regular-season game. All indications are that the leg has healed nicely and that he is good to go, but ...

"But we just didn't want to take the risk," Scott Heinauer said. Justin is headed to West Virginia Wesleyan where he will play football. He has been cleared by doctors to play in the East-West Game, but his father thought another eight weeks without contact might be wise.

"His leg is fine but why run the risk of something happening in an all-star game?" Scott Heinauer said. "He's been in the weight room and has done everything to make sure it's OK. But waiting a little while longer certainly can't hurt."

So, Scott Heinauer has been putting the West players through their paces this week without his son as one of his quarterbacks. The nice thing about an all-star game is that when someone can't play there are always plenty of talented replacements.

Tyler Wehner, who guided Thomas Jefferson to WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA titles last year, is one of the West's quarterbacks. Clearfield's Jarrin Campman is the other.

One thing the West team has is speed. Peabody's Pierre Carr, the PIAA Class AAA 100- and 200-meter dash champion, is one of the team's wide receivers. Another is Penn State recruit Christian Kuntz from Camp Hill Trinity, who won the 110-meter Class AA hurdles at the PIAA championships. One of the running backs is McKeesport's Nico Price, an Ohio University recruit who can scoot.

Twenty of the 34 players on the West roster are from Western Pennsylvania and nine player on the team are headed to Division I football programs.

"We've got some very good skill players," Heinauer said. "We've got guys with a lot of speed on both sides of the ball and that's what you want in an all-star game. We've got some of the best football talent in the state."

Some of the other WPIAL players on the West are Gateway defensive back Brian Williams, who is headed to the United States Naval Academy; defensive back Jake Delmonico from Blackhawk, an Akron recruit; Shady Side Academy linebacker Roman SanDoval, a Holy Cross recruit; Thomas Jefferson lineman Patrick Eger, who will play at West Virginia; Mars defensive lineman Nolan Nearhoof, a Robert Morris recruit; and Canon-McMillan defensive lineman Alex Pihakis, who is headed to Division I-AA power Delaware.

This is the ninth year for the East-West Game and the East holds a 5-3 advantage. However, the West has won the past two games -- 24-14 in 2007 and 10-0 last year -- and Heinauer hopes to make it three in a row.

"We're still a little foggy on where everybody will play," he said before leaving for Altoona last weekend. "But those things usually work themselves out. I've got a pretty good staff and we'll sort things out.

"This is a big honor getting to coach a team like this. I'm looking forward to the week of practice and the game."

Coaching in an all-star game is nothing new to Heinauer. He was an assistant in the East-West game in 2004 and an assistant for the Pennsylvania team in the Big 33 Classic in 2005.